Genesis 3:15
3:15 And I will put hostility between you and the woman
and between your offspring and her offspring;
her offspring will attack your head,
and you will attack her offspring’s heel.”
Genesis 15:5
15:5 The
Lord took him outside and said, “Gaze into the sky and count the stars – if you are able to count them!” Then he said to him, “So will your descendants be.”
Genesis 15:13
15:13 Then the
Lord said to Abram, “Know for certain
that your descendants will be strangers
in a foreign country.
They will be enslaved and oppressed
for four hundred years.
Genesis 17:7
17:7 I will confirm
my covenant as a perpetual
covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
Genesis 17:10
17:10 This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep:
Every male among you must be circumcised.
Genesis 24:60
24:60 They blessed Rebekah with these words:
“Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands!
May your descendants possess the strongholds of their enemies.”
Genesis 26:4
26:4 I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them
all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.
Genesis 28:14
28:14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth,
and you will spread out
to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another
using your name and that of your descendants.
Genesis 32:12
32:12 But you
said, ‘I will certainly make you prosper
and will make
your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.’”
Genesis 48:11
48:11 Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected
to see you
again, but now God has allowed me to see your children
too.”